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JOHN GREENE, or WARRINGT'ON, ENGLAND.

FILE OR RASP CUTTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent N o. 691 ,622, dated January 21, 1 902. Application filed $eptember 9, 1901- Serial No. 74,837. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN GREENE, engineer, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing atScotland road, WVarrington, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in File or Rasp Cutting Machines, (for which I have made application forLetters Patentin Great Britain, No. 5,5?57, dated the 16th of March, 1901,) following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in connection with file-cutting'machines, the object being to produce a machine in which the characteristic advantages and a ppearances arising from hand cutting operations are obtained at a greatly-reduced cost and with an increased output capable of being controlled by ordinary unskilled'labor.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 3 are respectively a front elevation, a side elevation, and a plan of a machine constructed according to myinvention. Figs. 4 to 17 illustrate in detail several parts thereof.

In carrying my invention into effect I construct my machine in such a manner that the file-holder, together with the file, is kept stationary while the hammer and chisel advance forward. In my machine the hammer strikes the head of the chisel in the same manner as it does in hand-cutting.

On a stationary bed-plate a and in journals fixed to the bed-plate a screw 0, capable of revolving, but with its ends stationary, is placed. The feed-screwrevolves in the thread of a clutch-box which is fitted to the bottom plate of a movable carriage d, containing the hammer e and chiself, so that this revolving screw causes the main part of the machinery to traverse along the bed-plate similarly to the carriage of an ordinary lathe.

The main driving-shaft gis placed in bearings on the bed-plate, this shaft having a 1ongitudinal keyway or groove therein. On the end of this main driving-shaft, close to one of the bearings supporting it, a bevel or other wheel h is keyed, which gears with another or smaller wheel 2', secured to the end of-a feed-shaftj, which runs at right angles with the main driving-shaft g, the feed-shaft be: ing supported in bearings fixed on the end of the bed-plate. I provide this. feed-shaft j of which the with a worm or thread to gear with the teeth of a worm-wheel I, carried on a stud m,

mounted ina continuation of the journal of the feed-screw c. On the samestud m as the worm-wheel an ordinary spur orchange wheel n is placed. These two wheelsrevolve to gether, the spur-wheel being actuated by the first wheel and worm. The spur or change wheel at gears into another intermediate spur or change wheel 0, revolving on a 'st'udp, adjustablein aslottedquadrantq, Fig. 6,carried and capable of being fixed by a nut and bolt 1' in positionupon the journalof the feed-screw c, and this second spur-wheel 0 gears into a third change-wheel 8, fixed on the endof the feed-screw. Ialso'place on the main drivingshaft g a sliding carriage-bracket t, carrying a bevel gearing-wheel it. This bevel-wheel it has a key fitted into it, which slides along the groove in the main driving-shaft g as it revolves, while the bevel-wheel u slides on the surface of the shaftg as the main part of On thehammer-driving shaft 2 I secure a cam 3, which in revolving raises the hammer e and allows it to fall by gravity; but to insure a quick return with sufficient force I also increase the effect by means of a powerful spring 4, coiled about the hammer pivotpin, one end resting on the hammerhaft and the other on the abutment 5, which is raised preferably to increase the tension or pressure of the spring by means of an adjustable telescoping rod 6, having below at the foot of its lower section a wheel 7, allowed to run on a shaped plate or rail 8, corresponding to the taper of the file which is being cut. This telescoping rod is shownin detail in Figs. 11 and 12. its exterior, is placed over the rod 6 and screwed into a threaded socket at one end of The sleeve 32, which is threaded on the abutment 5, and as it is screwed through the socket the bottom end of the sleeve presses on a washer or collar 30 on the rod 6, thus forcing the abutment 5 and tail end of the spring 4 upward, causing the other end of the spring to press heavily on the hammer-haft 9. As the rod 6, with the wheel 7, is moved forward on the tapered plate 8 it rises through the hole or socket in the hammer pivot-support 31, lifting the abutment 5, end of spring 4;, and sleeve 32 with it, and even while this action is proceeding the pressure can be still further increased or adjusted by turning the hand-wheel 33 without afiecting the rod 6.

The chisel-shaft 2 I arrange below and actuate it by the main driving-shaft g, as aforesaid, and cause itto revolve a cam 10, which raises the chiself clear of'the out just as the feed-forward motion is effected and allows the chiself to come back and rest on the file just before the hammer strikes the head of the chisel. This motion is obtained, preferably, by the cam 10 pressing a horizontal slide 11, having two friction-rollers 12 13, the cam 10 pressing against one roller 12 and causing the other roller 13 to press against an oblique tappet or inclined plane 14, thus raising the chisel. The inclined plane or slope l fis adjustable by a screw 56 and wedge 57 or otherwise on the frame of the chiselmotion, so that a higher or lower lift can be given, as desired, even while in motion. The wedge 57 (see Figs. 4c and 5) acts on a pin or projection 58 on the edge of the plane 14, so as to set the same according to the required lift of the chisel. I am also able to adapt the chisel and carrier to a thick or thin file or to a file lyingon a high or low bed. The chiselholder is carried by a yoke 15, bolted to a frame or cross-head 16, having four slides 17, Figs. 3, 4, and 5, moving in guides in the frame of the movable carriage cl, the chiselholderbeing so arranged as to be adjustable in two ways. I adjust the horizontal angle by placing the yoke 15 on two slotted bars 18, holding it thereon by means of two screws or I nuts and bolts through these slotted bars, so that its angle can thus be adjusted so as to cut parallel or obliquely in either direction. The chisel-carrier 19, in which the actual chiselholder 20, Figs. 16 and 17, is placed, has a cyi lindrical or other suitably-shaped shank 21 l fitting into a corresponding hole or socket 22 l in the yoke 15 and may be secured by a setscrew or the like. The chisel can thus be put at any required angle to the perpendicular.

In order to cut at a very oblique angle to the l horizontal, the socket on the yoke can be placed at an angle also, as shown at Fig. 15.

The actual chisel-holder I make of a 1 piece of metal having a slot or groove 23 for i the chisel. This holder has two hollow coneshaped trunnions, one on each side; which fit into coneshaped or tapered bearings in the carrier 19, the carrier being in two parts (one I of which is a face-plate 24) held together by bolts or screws for allowing the hearings on I the trunnions to be adjusted. Both the 1101- low trunnions are preferably tapped, so that a set-screw 25 may be used on either side for securing the chisel in the slot or groove 23. This arrangement gives the chisel an oscillating movement, so as to allow the blade of the chisel to adapt itself to flat or beveled surfaces and to the surfaces or ridges of two separate files at the same time, such as the edges of three square files or the annular surface of round or half-round files. By this arrangement the chisel can readily be taken out to be resharpened. The horizontal slide in the chisel-motion is acted upon by springs 26 to bring the slide back to its normal positiou.

The slide for the hammer-motion consists of a crosshead 27, sliding in vertical guides in the frame of the movable part (l of the machine. I prefer to make the cross-head to work in a single slide, as shown; but a dou ble slide might be used. In the form shown in the drawings the cross-head slide is adjustably secured in a quadrant 53, which enables the hammer to be moved up and downin the same direction as the angle to the perpendicular at which the chisel is placed. In the center of the cross-head a friction-roller 28 is placed. The cam 3 on the hammer-driving shaft z in revolving presses against this roller, forcing the sliding cross-head upward, thus lifting the hammer, the hammer-haft 9 being supported near the hammer-headin alink or bridle 29, suspended from this cross-head 27, and the link or bridle being held by nuts and screws to render it adjustable to suit files of different thicknesses and to alter the length of the stroke of the hammer. The force of the blow of the hammer can also be altered by using a larger or smaller cam 3, thus lengthening or shortening the lift, also by using a larger or smaller hammer c, also by means of a screwing telescopic arrangement on the vertical rod 6 supporting the abutment of the spring and having the wheel at the foot traveling with the carriage, as hereinbefore described. This screwing telescopic arrangement is preferably actuated by a handwheel 33.

To assist in holding the file still on the bed, a vertical rod Si is used, fitting in lugs fixed in the frame of the moving carriage and having a projecting finger or socket 35, on or in which is placed ashank 37, carryinga presserlike blade at the end, the presser 45 bearing on the files in front of the chisel and the pressure being varied by means of an adjustable coiled spring 36 on the rod. This presser (shown in detail in Fig. 10) is made so as to adapt itself LO flat or beveled surfaces as readily as the chisel does. This is done by the shank 37 carrying the presser being in two parts, the one socketed into the other and capable of rotation therein. When the chisel has to be raised in order to take away the file which has been cut and to place another on the bed, a lever 38, Fig. 3, which opens the start afresh.

clutch-box for the carriage to be put back, presses against arod 39, one end of which presses against the horizontal slide 11 (see also Fig. 4) in the chisel-motion, thus by means of the oblique tappet or inclined plane 14lifting the chisel-motion andraising the chisel off the file and further raising the presser by a projecting nib 40 or finger on the frame of the chisel-motion contacting with another corresponding nib or finger 41 on the vertical 'rod34, carrying the presser, I igs. 1 and 2. This'lever will open the clutch-box, free the screw, and lift the chisel and presser off the file simultaneously, thus allowing the file to be taken out and the carriage to be put back Separate levers mayalso be used,'such as the lever 42,'which has a pin 43 engagingwi th the chisel-motion, thereby allowing the same to be raised even when the machine isin motion.

The bed of soft metal, such as pewter, on

which the filerests while being cut, is placed on a-fixed block" 46, between the rods'47,

difierent parts of the cutting edge of the chisel without having to take the chisel out and place it in another position for the same purpose as is done in some other file cutting-machines.

The movement for shifting the file-bed sidewise is effected by means of a frame fitted on the anvil or block 46, Figs. 1, 2,1and 3, and which is made to slide on the face of'the anvil. 46 47, Fig. 3, lying longitudinally on the anvil and secured at each end to a cross-plate by means of set-screws. At each end of the anvil an adjustable block 53 is placed on a center pin or pillar 54 and can be held at any angle by meansof aset-screw 55, holdit (the block) to its own pin supporting it. On one side of the anvil a rod or shaft 48 is supported near each end in lugs fixed in the anvil, Gearing-wheels 49 are secured to the shaft, and these wheels gear into two others, 49, which are fixed in sockets in the side of the anvil and attached each to a screw 50, having an elbow-joint which fits into a slot in a corresponding position in the near bar 47 of the longitudinal frame on the face of the anvil. The rod or shaft 48 is turned around in either direction by an attached hand-wheel or a loose key for the convenience of the operator. By turning the shaft the bevelwheels act upon the screws with the elbowjoints and pull or push the sliding frame 47 from side to side and moving the file-bed with it as may be required, there being sufficient margin on the face of the anvil on either side of theframe. When cutting at an oblique angle, the frame can be set at a corresponding angle by releasing the set-screws '55 and setting the block 53 at each end of the anvil The frame consists of two-bars or rods" askew; forcing the frame to the required angle, so that when the bed is moved from' side to side it will move in the same direction as the angle of the chisel, obviating the danger of making cross-teeth if moved while the machine is in motion. The chisel when cutting the surfaces of files in courses, such as round or half-round singly, will be held rigidly in the holder, as shown in Fig. 15.

I adjust the surfaces of half-round files for cutting in one method by means of a worm '51 and wheel '52, Figs. 7, 8, and 9, so that the bed may be revolved through the required angle. round files, I remove the aforementioned bed of soft metal from the anvil 46, and place thereon a loose brass casting having a concave bed'44 Fig. 9, in which rotates a steel or iron bed having a convex bottom 44",Fig. 9, to fit the concave bed 44, there being in the steel or iron bed 44 a square groove or channel cut, in which I place the file-bed 44,-

of soft metal, the whole of this arrangement in block being moved from side to side when necessary to bring the different courses to be out under theblade of the chisel, as is any other bed when placed on the anvil 46, be tween the bars 47. The bed 44 is made to revolve when required by means of the worm 51 and wheel 52.

I may dispense with the presser for holding the file down on the bed in cases where the files are left uncut at the points, and the file Ican then be held in position by means of the ordinary leather stirrup, as used in hand-cutting operations.

I do not limit the application of my invention to the special means for raising and lowering the lift of the chisel while in motion or at rest, as hereinbefore described, but I may vary the same to suit thesize of the machine to be produced and the size or form of the file or rasp to be operated upon. Similarly, I vary the form of gearing and the means employed for securing the proper sequence of I In order to cut the surfaces of halfthe different parts of the machine to suit any particular requirements.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a file or rasp cutting machine comprising in combination, a stationary bed-plate, a

blank-support or anvil thereon and atravel- .ing carriage bearing the tool and hammer,

means for traveling said carriage at variable predetermined speeds consisting of a leadingscrew and a power-shaft both mounted on the bed-plate,and'differential gearing comprising means for reciprocating the tool, consisting of atool-holder mounted in a cross-head sliding in guides in the carriage, a horizontal slide in contact with an inclined plane or wedge on the cross-head and with a cam on a shaft mounted in the carriage and driven from the main or power shaft substantially as hereinbet'ore described.

3. In a file or rasp cutting machine comprising a stationary bed-plate, a blank-support or anvil thereon and a traveling carriage bearing the tool and hammer, a tool-holder consisting of a slotted block fitted with trunnions and set-screws and pivoted within a carrier clamped in a yoke bolted to a crosshead, both the yoke and cross-head being slotted to allow the former to be adjusted and set to a suitable angle according to the quality of cut required, substantially as hereinbefore described.

4. In afile or rasp cutting machine comprising a stationary bed-plate, a blank-support or anvil thereon and a traveling carriage bearing the tool and hammer, means for adjusting the lift of the tool consisting of a toolholder secured to a cross-head sliding in guides in the traveling carriage, an inclined plane or wedge mounted in guides in said cross-head, an adjusting-wedge in contact with a pin on the upper edge of the inclined plane and set to the required position by a vscrew, a horizontal slide in contact with the inclined plane, guide-rods and springs for the slide, and a cam in contact with the slide and carried by a shaft driven from the main power-shaft substantially as hereinbefore described.

5. In a file or rasp cutting machine comprising in combination a stationary bed-plate, a blank-support or anvil thereon and a traveling carriage bearing the tool and hammer, means for operating the hammer, consisting of a cross-head sliding in guides in the trav eling carriage above the tool-holder and connected to the hammer-hat't by a link or bridle and a cam in contact with a roller on the cross-head and carried by a shaft mounted in the carriage and driven by the main driving-shaft of the machine through bevel and spur gear substantially as hereinbefore described.

6. In a file or rasp cutting machinecomprising in combination a stationary bed-plate, a

blank-support or anvil thereon and a traveling carriage bearing the tool and hammer, means for adjusting the blow of the hammer and regulating the same according to the tapering thickness of the file-blank, consisting of a spring coiled about the hammer pivotpin and having one end pressed on the hammer-haft and the other on an abutment, a

sleeve screwed through said abutment against a collar on a rod passing through said sleeve and extended downwardly, and a roller on the end of said rod in contact with a templet corresponding to the taper ot' the file and placed in a groove in the bed-plate of the machine substantially as described.

7. In a tile or rasp cutting machine comprising in combination a stationary bed-plate, a blank-support or anvil thereon, and a traveling carriage bearing the tooland hammer, means for firmly holding the blank upon its bed, consisting of a blade-like presser with cylindrical shank fitting a correspondinglyroessed socket, a vertical rod carrying said socket, a compression-spring and adjustingnut thereon and a hand-lever engaging with a pin on said rod for the purpose of freeing the blank when required substantially as described.

8. In afile or rasp cutting machine comprising in combination a stationary bed-plate, a blank-support or anvil thereon and a traveling carriage bearing the tool and hammer, means for raising the tool from the blank and at the same time releasing the blank after stopping the carriage, consisting of a clutchbox on said carriage, a lever for operating same, a push-rod having one end pressed by the lever and the other in contact with a horizontal slide pressing against an inclined plane or wedge on the cross-head carrying the toolholder and a pin on the cross-head engaging with a pin on a vertical rod carrying the presser, substantially as hereinbetore described.

9. In a file or rasp cutting machine compris ing in combination a stationary bed-plate, a blank-support or anvil thereon and a traveling carriage bearing the tool and hammer, means for raising the tool, consisting of a hand-lever pivoted on the traveling carriage, a pin thereon in contact with a pin on the cross-head carrying the tool-holder and a third pin in contact with the cross-head pin and carried by a vertical rod carrying the presser substantially as hereinbefore described.

10. In a file or rasp cutting machine comprising in combination a stationary bed-plate, a blank-support or anvil thereon and a traveling carriage bearing the tool and hammer, means for holding the blank-bed in any required position, consisting of two parallel bars having their ends loosely pinned in two I slotted blocks pivoted on pins on the anvil and secured by set-screws, and two shiftingl l l screws geared by bevel-wheels to a single hand-operating spindle substantially as hereinbet'ore described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN GREENE.

Witnesses:

THOMAS DWERRYHOUSE, F. A. FROST. 

